Privacy Policy

v1.0 · April 10, 2026

1. Data controller

MADARINA d.o.o., Trg osvoboditve 3, 2230 LENART V SLOVENSKIH GORICAH, registration number: 6127851000, tax number: SI17595231

Email: [email protected]

Dual role: For telephone calls that the AI processes on behalf of our clients, fonko.ai acts as a data processor (Art. 28 GDPR). For our own website, registration, and client relationships, fonko.ai is the data controller.

2. Data protection contact

Contact: [email protected] (or [email protected]). No formal DPO is currently appointed.

3. What data we process

3.1. Website visitors

  • IP address, browser type, device
  • Cookies (see Cookie Policy)
  • Contact form submissions

3.2. Subscribers (business clients)

  • Name, surname, email, phone number
  • Company data (name, address, registration and tax number)
  • Payment data (processed via Stripe)
  • Service usage data

3.3. Data processed via the AI agent (fonko.ai as processor)

  • Voice recordings of conversations
  • Text transcriptions
  • Caller’s phone number (CLI)
  • Date, time, and duration of call
  • Content shared by the caller

Callers: to exercise your data rights regarding a call, please contact the company you called — they are the data controller.

4. Purposes and legal bases

PURPOSELEGAL BASIS
Contract performanceArt. 6(1)(b) GDPR
InvoicingArt. 6(1)(c) GDPR
Customer supportArt. 6(1)(b) GDPR
Call processing on behalf of SubscriberArt. 28 GDPR — per the controller’s instructions
Marketing own servicesArt. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest
Website analyticsArt. 6(1)(a) GDPR — consent
System securityArt. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest
Legal obligationsArt. 6(1)(c) GDPR

5. Retention periods

DATA TYPERETENTION PERIOD
Accounting records10 years (Slovenian tax law)
Subscription relationshipDuration + 5 years
Voice recordings30 days
Transcriptions12 months
System logs12 months
Marketing (consent)Until withdrawal
Website visitor dataMaximum 14 months

6. Recipients / sub-processors

We use sub-processors to deliver our service. Up-to-date list: https://fonko.ai/sub-processors

SUB-PROCESSORPURPOSELOCATION
Digital Ocean (hosting)HostingEU/US (DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.)
Clerk (hosting)HostingEU/US (Clerk, Inc.)
Convex (hosting)HostingEU/US (Convex, Inc.)
Soniox (STT)Speech-to-textEU/US (Soniox Inc.)
Open AI (LLM)Language modelUS (OpenAI Group PBC)
Open AI (TTS)Text-to-speechUS (OpenAI Group PBC)
DIDWW (telephony)TelephonyIreland (DIDWW Ireland Limited)
StripePaymentsEU/US (Stripe LLC)
Resend (email)Transactional emailUS (Plus Five Five, Inc.)
Google AnalyticsAnalyticsUS (Google LLC)
Meta PixelAdvertisingUS (Meta Platforms)

7. International data transfers

Where processing occurs outside the EEA, appropriate safeguards are in place:

  • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) — Commission Decision 2021/914
  • Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA)
  • Supplementary technical measures (encryption, pseudonymization)
  • Where applicable: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)

8. Your rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • Access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18)
  • Portability (Art. 20), objection (Art. 21), automated decision-making (Art. 22)
  • Withdrawal of consent at any time

Contact: [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Supervisory authority

Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia, Dunajska cesta 22, 1000 Ljubljana, [email protected], www.ip-rs.si

10. Security measures

  • Encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Regular security updates and vulnerability management
  • NDAs with all personnel
  • Incident response plan; notification to supervisory authority within 72 hours
  • Regular data protection training

11. Cookies

The fonko.ai website uses cookies, including analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Meta Pixel) cookies. Details are in our separate Cookie Policy at https://fonko.ai/cookies.

12. Automated decision-making

The fonko.ai system does not make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects under Art. 22 GDPR. The AI processes and relays information; final decisions are made by the Subscriber.

13. Changes to this policy

Material changes will be communicated at least 15 days before they take effect, via email or a notice on our website.